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Understanding the history of Muslim-Christian relations, as well as current political realities such as the dismantling of the political order created by European colonialism, helps give context to current “hot spots” of Muslim-Christian conflict in the world.It is difficult to imagine a time in history at which there is greater need for serious interfaith engagement than now.
- Jane Smith
- 2015
Islam, Christianity, the Enlightenment: “A Common Word” and Muslim-Christian Relations Ibrahim Kalin Muslim-Christian relations have been shaped by the different Christian and Muslim experiences of history, theology, and politics. In the classical and modern periods, Muslims and Christians have interacted with one another in diverse fields
- Ibrahim Kalin
- 2010
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. Christian-Muslim Encounter
- II. on Understanding Islam and Muslims
- III. Some Issues in Christian-Muslim Relations
- IV. Living and Working Together
In 1971, the WCC formed its sub-unit on Dialogue with People of Living Faiths and Ideologies. From its inception the sub-unit on Dialogue has worked in close collaboration with its counterpart in the Roman Catholic Church, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Today a number of regional and national ecumenical bodies and churches have...
Christian-Muslim relations have been an issue since the historical rise of Islam, more than fourteen centuries ago. From the beginning there have been two dimensions to the question. The first is related to the practical living together of individuals and communities of the two faiths, and the second to theological challenges. These include questio...
Christianity and Islam have been in contact for over fourteen centuries. As a religion which began after the time of Christ, and therefore after the New Testament had been completed, Islam has always presented a theological challenge to Christians especially in relation to Muhammad's status as Prophet and the Qur'an's status as Revelation. The hist...
Christian views of Islam have been shaped, transmitted and perpetuated since the seventh century, sometimes through direct encounter but also, especially for those who do not interact routinely with Muslims, through polemical and apologetic literature. Islam, is viewed by some Christians as inherently intolerant, violent and menacing. This view ten...
In what follows we choose, out of a complex of concerns, some issues which are of particular importance and which should be discussed frankly by Christians and Muslims as they live together as neighbours. One of the distinguishing characteristics of modem society is its pluralistic nature. No society in the world today, whether traditional or techn...
Christians and Muslims comprise nearly half of the world's population. The nature of the relationship between these two communities is of considerable significance for the welfare of the whole human family. Significantly peace is at the heart of both Christianity and Islam. Christians call Jesus the "Prince of Peace". Their prayers for God's peace ...
Some scholars have used the term to suggest the potential for Muslim, Christian, and Jewish solidarity, or interfaith cordiality through scriptural and theological affinities. 63 Others, by contrast, have pointed to the importance of “Abrahamic kinship” for asserting Muslim, Christian, or Jewish singularity with reference to the other two in the triad, that is, by sharpening family ...
- Heather J. Sharkey
- 2017
The History of Christian-Muslim Relations. Series Editor: Jon Hoover. Christians and Muslims have been involved in exchanges over matters of faith and morality since the founding of Islam. Attitudes between the faiths today are deeply coloured by the legacy of past encounters, and often preserve centuries-old negative views.
Muslim-Christian relations have been shaped by the different Christian and Muslim experiences of history, theology, and politics. In the classical and modern periods, Muslims and Christians have interacted with one another in diverse fields such as theology, exegesis, philosophy, science, art, and politics.
The two verses most commonly referred to in this context are John 14: 6 (Jesus said: ‘I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the father, but by me’), and Acts 4: 12 (Peter said: ‘There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven . . . by which we must be saved’).
